salaris

salaris [CL sal+-aris] 1 of or pertaining to salt, (in quot. as sb. n.) vessel or container for holding salt, salt-cellar (cf. et. OF sal(i)er(e), ME saler(e)). sit niveum, sit sal mundum, pariterque salare [v. l. salinum] D. Bec. 2544; 1389 ij tabule mensales et una mappa manutergio. j ~e. j saccus ‥ Ac. Obed. Abingd. 57. 2 (transf., in gl.) full of or characterized by wit or witticisms (in quot. w. ludus, also ellipt. as sb. m.). hii sales, -lium, i. verba jocose et facete inventa ‥ et inde hic et hec ~is et hoc ~e, sicut dicimus ~es ludos ubi verba joco plena intermiscentur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 526; ~es, ludi joco pleni Ib. 558.

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